Special school Ofsted inspection report cards will no longer compare their cohorts to national mainstream averages after complaints from heads. provides contextual data about schools to parents, including data metrics such as capacity and pupil demographics. But Schools Week previously reported how special schools were being compared to mainstream schools within the same age range. The report for Rotherham-based The Willows School, for instance, shows that 100 per cent of pupils have education, health and care plans (EHCPs). But it is unusual for pupils to attend a special school without a plan. Yet the report card claimed this is 鈥渨ell above鈥� a national average of 3.1 per cent. It also stated that the 190-pupil school is 鈥渨ell below鈥� an average of 1,067, which related to secondary schools overall, including mainstream. Ofsted should re-issue reports, says leader Heads warned Ofsted that this was 鈥渦nhelpful and misleading鈥�. New reports published this week simply show the schools鈥� own data with no comparison. The only comparator was a school鈥檚 location deprivation ranking. However, reports published previously 鈥� at least 20 鈥� will not be updated. Warren Carratt, chief executive of Nexus Multi Academy Trust, said there was 鈥渁 clear public interest鈥� in re-issuing reports. He said there was a 鈥渄rive for families to have greater transparency鈥� and a 鈥渞elatively small number of reports that would need amending鈥�. Ofsted did not address this but said: 鈥淲e considered the feedback from special schools and have made a change to our report cards. We are grateful to those who raised this important issue.鈥�